{"id":4508,"date":"2022-01-20T22:31:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/4-healthy-valentines-day-theme-parties-for-s\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T22:31:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:31:57","slug":"4-healthy-valentines-day-theme-parties-for-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/4-healthy-valentines-day-theme-parties-for-s\/","title":{"rendered":"4 healthy Valentine\u2019s Day theme parties for school (and home!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by and reposted from School Bites <\/a><\/em><\/p>

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite hol­i­days, and not because of choco­late, roses and roman­tic din­ners (let’s face it, I have three young kids … so not hap­pen­ing!). I’m actu­ally in love with the food! Pink, red and heart shapes lend them­selves to fab­u­lously fun and healthy treats for school par­ties (as well as break­fasts, lunch­boxes, snacks and din­ners, of course).<\/p>

To help with your school cel­e­bra­tion plan­ning, I put together this roundup of four theme par­ties that will both nour­ish and excite the kids. Remem­ber: Pre­sen­ta­tion is key when it comes to mak­ing healthy fun. So tap into your cre­ativ­ity and don’t for­get dec­o­ra­tions!<\/p>

#1: Love Potion Smoothie Party<\/h2>

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Get a blender (or two, depend­ing on the size of the class), frozen straw­ber­ries and\/or rasp­ber­ries, bananas, liq­uid (milk, unsweet­ened vanilla hemp milk, coconut milk\/water or car­rot juice), a splash of beet juice (for color) and blend! Add a touch of honey, maple syrup or pure vanilla extract, if desired. Serve in spe­cial Valentine’s paper cups with fun straws. Or, use adorable red mini cups<\/a> for a “tast­ing” party.<\/p>

Love Potion Smoothie Party activ­ity ideas: Cupid Cot­tages<\/a>, Who Do I Love?<\/a><\/p>

#2: “I’m Bananas for You” Banana Split Party<\/strong><\/h2>

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Healthy banana splits are a favorite in my house. And since they qual­ify as break­fast, they’re per­fect for a morn­ing class­room cel­e­bra­tion. Sim­ply peel and half ripe bananas and place one half on each plate. For top­pings, try heart-shaped straw­ber­ries, fresh rasp­ber­ries, pome­gran­ate seeds, Greek yogurt mixed with a touch of honey or home­made whipped cream, dye-free sprin­kles, choco­late shav­ings, gra­nola and a home­made berry sauce<\/a>. Set up like a “break­fast bar” and let kids serve them­selves or assem­ble the treats for them.<\/p>

I’m Bananas for You activ­ity ideas: Cutie Patootie Spoon Races<\/a>, Match­maker Game<\/a>, Hugs & Kisses<\/a>.<\/p>

#3: Sweet­heart Party<\/strong><\/h2>

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Get a set of heart-shaped cookie cut­ters, and you have a Valentine’s heart theme party in the mak­ing. Think heart-shaped fruits (melon, kiwi and straw­ber­ries) and veg­gies (car­rots, cucum­bers, pep­pers and avo­cado) served solo or with dip. Add a lol­lipop stick and serve on a plate or in a bouquet. Larger cookie cut­ters can be used to make tea sandwiches (sunflower seed but­ter and jelly or egg salad, for exam­ple). For a sweet treat, try heart-shaped home­made gra­ham crack­ers<\/a> or raw brownie bites<\/a>.<\/p>

Sweet­heart Party activ­ity ideas: Heart Hop­scotch<\/a>, Heart Beat<\/a>, Heart Relay<\/a>.<\/p>

#4: Nat­u­rally Red Party<\/strong><\/h2>

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What do apples, straw­ber­ries, rasp­ber­ries, cher­ries, pome­gran­ate seeds, red anjous, blood oranges, red pep­pers, toma­toes, beet chips and radishes have in com­mon? They’re all healthy — and red! Con­sider hav­ing kids come up with the menu using their favorite, 100% nat­ural red foods for the main spread. Serve with yummy dips such as ranch dress­ing, honey vanilla yogurt<\/a> and home­made whipped cream.<\/p>

Nat­u­rally Red Party activ­ity ideas: Nature’s Valentine’s Neck­laces<\/a>, Valentine’s Story<\/a>, Heart Stomp<\/a>.<\/p>

Let’s #Love­Healthy!<\/strong><\/p>

I am very excited to be part of an amaz­ing group of fam­ily health blog­gers that has banded together to make some healthy noise for Valentine’s Day<\/a>. Par­tic­i­pat­ing blog­gers include:<\/p>

Alli @ Don’t Panic Mom<\/p>

Sally @ Real Mom Nutrition<\/a><\/p>

Bri @ Red, Round, or Green<\/a><\/p>

Donna @ The Hang­ing Spoon<\/a><\/p>

Jill @ Just the Right Byte<\/a><\/p>

Kia @ Today I Ate a Rainbow<\/a><\/p>

Bet­tina @ The Lunch Tray<\/a><\/p>

Natalie & Amy @ Super Healthy Kids<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by and\u00a0reposted from School Bites\u00a0 Valentine\u2019s Day is one of my favorite hol\u00adi\u00addays, and not because of choco\u00adlate, roses and roman\u00adtic din\u00adners (let\u2019s face it, I have three young kids \u2026 so not hap\u00adpen\u00ading!). I\u2019m actu\u00adally in love with the food! Pink, red and heart shapes lend them\u00adselves to fab\u00adu\u00adlously fun and healthy treats Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":770,"featured_media":26437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2022-01-20","view_count":2502,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[4],"vertical":[6,12],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-4508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-all","vertical-children","vertical-holidays-seasons","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":"2018-02-02","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/770"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4508"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57775,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4508\/revisions\/57775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4508"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=4508"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=4508"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=4508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}